Arnie (1970)
Arnie is a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It stars Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi played the title character, Arnie Nuvo, a longtime blue collar employee at the fictitious Continental Flange Company, who overnight was promoted to an executive position. The storylines mainly focused on this fish out of water situation, and on Arnie's sometimes-problematic relationship with his well-meaning but wealthy and eccentric boss, Hamilton Majors Jr.. Because he still held his union card, Arnie could negotiate tricky management/labor situations that no one else could. Arnie's surname was presumably a pun on nouveau riche, and possibly also on Art Nouveau. In addition to Bernardi, Bowen, and Langdon, cast members included Del Russel and Stephanie Steele as Arnie's son and daughter, Richard and Andrea; Elaine Shore as Arnie's secretary, Felicia; and Herb Voland as sour-tempered executive Neil Ogilvie. In its first season, despite being the lead-in to The Mary Tyler Moore Show on Saturday nights and winning an Emmy nomination as best comedy series, Arnie received only fair Nielsen ratings. For its second season, in order to increase its viewership, CBS made a major cast change in the show's format. Charles Nelson Reilly joined the cast as Randy Robinson, a TV chef who called himself "The Giddyap Gourmet," apparently a reference to The Galloping Gourmet.
- David Swift
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 20
Season 2:
Arnie endangers his position, by giving a share of company stock to his son.
Charles Nelson Reilly joins the cast as Arnie's new neighbor, a gourmet chef.
Lil is tired of waiting for her late hubby and she comes up with a solution.
Reta Shaw plays a maid who takes over the Nuvo home - lock, stock, and barrel (TV Guide)
Snobbery is the target as Arnie tries to join his boss' polo club (TV Guide)
Arnie tries to make Majors' wedding perfect (TV Guide)
The no-bra look leads Arnie into a research project to save a faltering company (TV Guide)
Choosing a final resting place can be a downer. Majors wants the Nuvos as roommates in his Taj Mahal-like mausoleum.
Arnie is in trouble when he persuades boss Majors to hire a drunken doctor.
Attorney Melvin Belli plays a flamboyant lawyer defending Majors for a speeding ticket (TV Guide)
A toupee for Arnie, as the corporation tries to impress a mod young executive (TV Guide)
Boss Majors wants Arnie to arrange a surprise party for him.
Local politics create a dilemma for Arnie.
Majors tries to prove that he is as good a salesman as his employees.
A story about Arnie's frustrating attempt to get the comic for an awards ceremony.
